BGP Route Reflection: An Alternative to Full Mesh Internal BGP (IBGP)
RFC 4456

Received changes through RFC Editor sync (changed abstract to 'The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is an inter-autonomous system routing protocol designed for TCP/IP internets. Typically, all BGP speakers within a single AS must be fully meshed so that any external routing information must be re-distributed to all other routers within that Autonomous System (AS). This represents a serious scaling problem that has been well documented with several alternatives proposed.

This document describes the use and design of a method known as "route reflection" to alleviate the need for "full mesh" Internal BGP (IBGP).

This document obsoletes RFC 2796 and RFC 1966. [STANDARDS-TRACK]')